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Final industry data on the f.o.b. prices of California canned peaches, pears, and apricots reflect the average industry experience for the 12-month period from June 1, 1953 through May 30, 1954– and may be summarized as follows:

Even the below-average California grape crop in prospect for 1954–forecast at a little less than the 2,475,000 tons harvested in 1953, also a below-average crop–-may not enable the industry to dispose of all the state's price-depressing, exportable surplus of grape products– through regular commercial channels– that apparently will be available for the 1954-55 marketing season.

The increased incidence of rancid-flavored milk in California in recent years is at least partially attributable to treatments milk receives in some pipeline milkers and farm tanks. However, careful selection, installation, and operation of this equipment can reduce difficulty with the off-flavor.

Controlled experiments to determine the effectiveness of several commercial poison gases and gas-generating bombs and dusts–as compared to standard poison baits–were conducted in gopherinfested alfalfa fields at Davis.

Improper irrigation can reduce navel orange yields by 30% to 40%–under conditions where tree growth and vigor are only slightly influenced–according to results obtained in a long-term experiment at Riverside.

The following article is the first report of progress in research conducted by Citrus Grove Rejuvenation Research Committee, University of California, Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, organized under and financed by a special appropriation by the California State Legislature.

Less than 6% of the 3,740 acres of Madera County brush areas–controlled burned in 1953–required reseeding.

Forage production studies following controlled burns on chaparral areas indicated that forage is usually most abundant in the first two years after burning.

Benzene hexachloride–lindane and B.H.C.–applied to olive trees before harvest will result in a moldy, musty off-flavor in the canned olives, according to the results of tests initiated in July 1953.